{"id":781128,"date":"2026-05-11T09:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=781128"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:44:52","slug":"the-dying-trade-new-film-documents-a-vegan-activists-relationship-with-his-father-a-slaughterhouse-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=781128","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Dying Trade&#8217;: New film documents a vegan activist&#8217;s relationship with his father, a slaughterhouse worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>Jack is a vegan activist. His father is a slaughterhouse worker. After years of avoiding the subject, Jack sets out to confront the unspoken tension between them. This intimate and contemplative documentary follows a son\u2019s attempt to understand his father \u2013 and the industry that stands between them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>PLANT BASED NEWS:<\/strong> &#8216;The Dying Trade&#8217;, a new documentary film from Jack Hancock-Fairs, unpacks the \u201chidden human cost\u201d of the meat processing industry on its workers&#8230; &#8216;The Dying Trade&#8217; focuses on Hancock-Fairs himself, a filmmaker and vegan activist, and his father, a career slaughterhouse worker, as they discuss the negative impact of meat production on people and animals after \u201cyears of avoiding the subject.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The &#8216;Dying Trade&#8217; includes contributions from: Temple Grandin, an authority on humane livestock handling; Alex Hershaft, a Holocaust survivor and animal rights advocate; Gail Eisnitz, an undercover investigator and the author of 1997\u2019s Slaughterhouse; \u201cTom,\u201d an anonymous slaughterhouse worker; and Rachel Macnair, a psychologist who specialises in participation-induced traumatic stress (PITS)&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Hancock-Fairs is best known for his YouTube content, which he produces under the moniker Humane Hancock, and which has been viewed over three million times. &#8216;The Dying Trade&#8217; is his filmmaking debut and is already nominated for several awards. <a href=\"https:\/\/plantbasednews.org\/culture\/film\/new-film-human-cost-meat-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LIAM PRITCHETT<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z1ws3H8Cd8U?si=VcOTqgedDwMZEZhQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack is a vegan activist. 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